Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus ( Bonnet, 1884 )

Tlili, Haithem, Abdellaoui, Khemais, Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana C., Chouikha, Manel Ben, Moussi, Abdelhamid, Ammar, Mohamed & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2020, Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification, Zoosystema 42 (31), pp. 607-738 : 623

Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus ( Bonnet, 1884) *

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Bryodema capsitana Bonnet, 1884: 548 .

Helioscirtus capsitanus – Bonnet & Finot 1885: 213. — Vosseler 1902a: 366.

Vosseleria capsitana – Uvarov, 1923d: 30.

Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus – Massa 2009: 84.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • ♂; holotype; Bled Segui ; MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco ( Defaut & François 2018); Algeria ( Vosseler 1902a); Tunisia ( Bonnet & Finot 1885); Libya ( Massa 2009); Egypt ( Haggag et al. 2008).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Bled Segui ( Bonnet & Finot 1885); Sfax, Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1 ♂; holotype; Essagui; 27.V.1884; E. Bonnet; MNHN-EO-CAELIF480

Algeria • 1 ♀; Laghouat; 22.VI.1897; J.Vosseler; NHMUK 013806094 • 1♀; Msila; IV.1893; P. Lesne; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9111 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — This species lives in sandy desert ( Vosseler 1902a).

Figures

FIG. 34. — Habitus of Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus (Bonnet, 1884): A, B, male from Laghouat, Algeria, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.